Microbiology MCQs (Quiz 17) Posted on June 10, 2026Author agropublishers 0 1. Bacteriophages are ___________ Bacteria that infect viruses Viruses that infect bacteria Viruses that infect fungi Bacteria that infect fungi 2. ___________________ act as storage vessel for reserve materials in bacterial cells Cell wall Flagellum Inclusion body Capsule 3. Sexual spores of Ascomycota are called ______________ Zygospores Basidiospores Ascospores Conidia 4. The bacterial chromosome is usually _____________ Circular and multiple Linear and multiple Linear and single Circular and single 5. ___________________ is the scientist credited with discovering viruses Dmitri Ivanovsky Louis Pasteur Alexander Fleming Robert Koch 6. _____________ is a club-shaped structure that produces basidiospores Basidium Conidiophore Sporangium Ascus 7. The term “virus” was popularized by ___________ Joseph Lister Alexander Fleming Robert Koch Martinus Beijerinck 8. ____________ is the active, feeding, and multiplying stage of a protozoan Spore Virion Capsule Trophozoite 9. Amoebae move using ________________ Cilia Pseudopodia Flagella Undulating membrane 10. _______________ are the horizontal hyphae connecting fungal colonies Sporangia Basidia Conidiophores Stolons Loading … Question 1 of 10